Author: Orson Scott Card

Quotes

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

- Orson Scott Card

I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to live through at least a few more.

I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to live through at least a few more.

- Orson Scott Card

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.

- Orson Scott Card

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father.

- Orson Scott Card

In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I would rather have lived than now.

In all my study of history, I have never found a time or place I would rather have lived than now.

- Orson Scott Card

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

- Orson Scott Card

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.

- Orson Scott Card

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

- Orson Scott Card

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make.

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make.

- Orson Scott Card

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